On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:05:39 GMT, "World Traveler"
wrote:

Side thoughts
[snip]
(c) Did you know that the Chinese refrigerator producer, Haier -- a
world-class producer -- has a plant in South Carolina so that it can better
handle the U.S. market? Are Haier refrigerators now a U.S. or a Chinese
product?

Heh. A few years back my neighbor gave me a ration of **** for "not
buying American" when I traded in my Canadian-assembled Oldsmobile for
an Acura...made in Ohio.

Lee